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W?Tes. ' .,'* EDITOR. " v?Nif?BglPHjlP^^* . 'J. CLBAIUEY. Proprietor and ob-Editor. .I. " RBSCRIPTION? $3.00 PER ANNUM. The Drunkard's Daughter. r? cannot And words to express our emowhen wo first road the following touchefws. The/ stir the soul to its rory is, and we defy a man of fooling to read with a tearless ?ye. A young lady, s life had boon made wretched by the kennes* of h?r father, Is the auther ; and but one who has ' walked woe's depths/ } write such a powerful pie??. She wrote i?nt it to a friend, who had told her that Was a ' monomaniac,' in hitter hatred 1 'deadly cup/"?St. Louit J'rtii. Co, fisel What I have ftlt, Qo, bear what I have borfie-* Sink 'neatli tha blow a .father dealt; - - ' >" And the oold proud world's scorn? Thus struggle on from year te year, Thy sols relief the tear. T \ Go, weep as I bavk wept, \ < Q'er a lov'd father's fall, '.'.V ^ Bee every cherishUl promise swept, r Youth's sweetness turned to gall Ilope's faded flowers strew'd ell the way. That led mo up to womehft day. Qo, kneel a? I hare knelt, V .Implore, hesrcch fcnd pray? Strive the bespotted.heart to inelt, . . The downward course to stayBe catt, with hitter tears, aside, prsyers burlesqued, tliy tears defied. Qo, Stand where I hare stood, V -\'w And see the strong man bow \ With gnashing tooth, Hps bathed in blohd, And 00H hnd livid brow , Qo, catch his wand'rihg glance and see"v ~ . Thrtrr. tnirrnr'd his Innl's min.-rv T'- ' ^ " -T * - r * " Go/hehr what I bare heard, *. The sobs of sad despair, " As memory's feeling fount hath stirr'd, * And iU roreallags there - , Have told him what he uright have been, ' Bad he the drunkard's fate foreeca. -t *\>-"r < , >*? >, 'l \ . -r^'4 - 'v?J^ - " * _ Go, to my mother's side, '. v r Andhororush'd spirit cheer, ? - - Thine own deep anguish hide, \ Wipe frbip bbr oheek the tear? Mark ber dimm'd eye, her furrow'd broW, The gray tbat streaks her dark hair now, ? Her loll?worn frame, her trembling limb, And trace the ruin baokto him x ' Whose plighted faith ip early youth Promised eternal lo,ve and truths- A ; lint who, forsworn, bath yielded up . - * ' This promise to the deadly ^up, And led down from love and light, . , - / For all that made her pathway bright,. " - . .And ehain'd her there, 1mid want and strife, That lowly thing??a Drunkard's Wifo. * - Anrf stamp'd on childhood's br??w so mild, That withering blight?a Drunkard's Child. . Go, hear, and see, and feel, and know All that my soul has felt or known? Then look upon Aie wlnu cup's glow, See if its brightness can atono. Think if its flaror you would try. < ' If all precUim'd-*-" 'Tis drink and die !** ... , y* .. 4 t t-y - , tr"*" > -Tell me I hate the'bowl! , *. lists it ? fccblo word?? I loathe, abbot?my rory soul With atrong dUgust i.? sttrrM Whtu'ir I ??a, or hear, or .-tell Of tbo dark bovorSgc of Hell! . - ' '/ \x aMawawtwptwtMMwwww" Emigration to Texas-.. The emigration to Texan from all -1- parts of the country, North and South, continues unabated. Kverv boat from ; - this port to New Orleans books nearly. If not quite, onetllhil of her. passengers en route for the L'orte S'ar {State, whdre -y. { live jingling of tlie true metal " ib " all v- 40uT,t' lhat iV hoard w in business tranBHCtions. Many families: rendered * destitute by the vicissitude* of war srbd 1 .< ' an unmerciful Congress, are seeking now homes in lite flourishing State of Texas *'i where land can be obtained at low! *- ^ price*, and-the laborer is considered : r;~ ^ worthy\of his hire. We are informed On good authority that mechanics of nearly .every branch are receiving from i $0 to $0 in specie per day, and there i* * . ' >. 'p^LmtBcnity in. obtaining employment | >*% k >^ftt lTiC8e- figures'. Boats leaving New x,t, ..Orleans for Galveston are crowded with emigrants from all sections of (he Country. It ipay bo interesting to many .f," whip contemplate changing their base V '.\y to know that the fare from this eity to i New Orleans it $10. and from New Or ' vl?aWto Galveston $10, making the tiijv irom Mobile to Ualvestoti $2Q. AVbire _ we we far from encouraging our goby! -/ people to qait their once buppy hanies * "in Alabama, ijevertb'eless ihel it. in vV A#fuP?fc'?'M faithful journalists . * f *, to lay before our feeders every inform ' - . alioa that may redound to- their futuro proepyiiiy anti IrapphieM. At this par lemMfrtiinc, s\iih the-future enveloped faflanfc'M and Uucerlaiojy, it is out Within dar .pVovfebe*litcct or even. . ' ' suggest (be befft move to make, ef change ef residence* isJoriVT^^VK ' -V/ V'?\ feia* holds out the greats indA'g# ? ' mentis.to tbose seeking new bopi?**<rttjd , . the beat evidence we have of this faft -' is the daily increasing'atrealtijif emi? r. grjwTs paeghig idto tlj?i*icb and thuv*?Wp to > vlesro by gomkmetv who have been there,tst *%\\\ ' It '-.m' C - - 1 ' - * ^OM y \':- g|f> .:" '^r^ wm^m/^yr ? ?% ^9 ^^HeBI^H^^I j|g . Kg&v:- * |H i |K v_ '> i R S B 'I >?k Af JW I S3r | sjfl i U&i HL> REFLE ^r^rA.'?'?*'.' * y*' ' , ' ^t" . . f' V Mr. Wilaon'i BilL < J Hill supplementary to''an. Act en* titled " ^-ln to provide for the more ejfficient government ot the re' ( bel Stales, and to facilitate rcstora , dOtt." . .- V '. . . - . ? -' < -r * V6 U enacted l>y tne ?eil?te and c Hbufe of Representatives ?f the United j States of America, in Congress asseru- , bled, That the commanding general in each district defined by the Actbulitled , 'An Act to provide for. the more effi cient government of the rebel States/1 t shall cause a registration to bo made ? before the first day of September, ejgh- [ teen hundred and sixty-seven, 10 each | county or parish in. the'.Sirite or'State*' t included in his district, of nrajucitizeus , of the United States twenty one years c of age and.upwards, ^residbul- in each j County 6r. parish, ' which registration , shall include only iho*e person-, whoard. ( qualified' to vote for .deb-galetr l/V tlie " act to provide for the more tfrfcieiU- s government ef the- rebel States/' ami. ( who shall have takep and subsetil>ed f the'following oath or affirmation : , 411 , of? , in the county , or parish of? , in the State of ( " " , Oo hereby solemnly swear (or t alii no) that 1 am-aiiicerr^y and earnest- i ly attache'4 to. the. Uuiqa-^D<J govern^ I iii?mit 'of the United States, that 1 will steadfastly support the Constitution, and obey the laws of the United States, and that I will, to the best of my ability, engage all others to suelv support and | obedience, so help me God." . See. 2 And bo it further enacted. J That whenever the registration hereby j provided shall be completed, the com manding general shall cause to be held in each State of-his difdrict, 'on a day not less than thirty days from the date ^ of proclamation thereof, an election of ' uvugmes in h convcnuon tor me purpose of ?pieu<]ing the existing or fratn I jug a new oonslitutiOn for said Slate, and of firmly re-establishing a civil guv eminent loyal lo (be Union.therein, anil of passing all needful ordinances for putting said constitution, and government into operation. Sec. 3.i A^d" be it further enacted, That the Cons enliotis herein provided for, shall be called on the haste- of the represent at iou of the- House of Uepfo aeniatives of each Stale. Sec. -4. And ho it further enacted, ! That the, commanding general ol each [ district shall appoint such loyal t flicer* or persona as may be necessary to make mid complete the registration, to pref > side at the election, to receive, sort, atrd count, and to make return's to him of the vv>te? and of .the persons elected as delegates ; and-updti receiving said res turns he shall open the same, ascertain lite persyn* elected as delegates, and make proclamation thereof, and, within sixty days ftont the date of election, lie shall notify the delegates to as*ctnble, at a time and place (o he mentioned in the notification, to proceed to the organization of ji convention ; and. when the said convention shall have amended | the existing constitution, or fianted a i ! new constitution in accordance with the j | j "-Act to provide for tbe moro efficient [ government of the rebel.Steles," said , eonstit'ition shtjll be habmiitcd by thd j convention to tbe persons n-gi-uerud ^ under tbe provisions of this Act, at an election to be held afte^; the-expiration oT-lhjrty day* from ihe date of notice ' [ thereof lo be given by the said teotiven-, r lion. ' * . * , i !. f -* f . J - / " ' % 1 Sec.r5. Ana be it further enacted; j 1 Hint if the said constitution shall be ratified liy a majority of tlie votes of the elector* qualified as herein spceitp-d, | the President of tbe convention shall ] transmit a copy of the rame dnly cor- , "l-ified, tp the PsedUcnl' of tho United , States, who shall forthwith transmit the , Mime to Congress, if tlnm in session, , and if hot in vession, then immediately , upon its next assembling : and if the , said constitution rha'i be declared by , Congress (o be In conformity with tho fifth section of tho hci entitled " an act to pfovide~,for the more efficient govern monl#of the" rebel 0Ulcs," and .tho'1 other provisions of said* act shall h*v& ' "been complied with, the' State shall be j d6#tared entitled to representation, and S^natora and Representative \ball be 1 admitted, therefrom as therein provided. ' Pec. 0. And be it further enacted. 4 1 That (he liquet) hereby imposed upon 1 I the commanding general ?>f each dis-. 1 triet, and the pbVvcr* conferred, may, ! with hit content, be-pciformed and vx ( | enatsed by the acting Governor of tiny ' 8kte, who shall iMt?* in oath of affirm- 1 fttion faithfully tcrkeep fcad perform ' the'satue.' ! ' 1 > ;&??>> - -- , % *" * ' * JIotrearJEAD J1.AW9.?^V^'e are pleased { \ti bmj the general jo eretu manifested by 1 ?be Leginlfttcre of ibe Southern States. | in die-enactment of-liberal' JI?uiea*.eH<l Vitpoi? LegirfhUorc Iia*'< hud mk-Ii -i law tinder c.msi.b-i aiton, I and both N..r(h (Jarcliu* and Alaba/lta < have file I) paderi Hotnt?U>ad acta, (hti | former rot-erring 100 norea of land prith i building, jf, in (be c Own try, and dcrfcJaMi dwelling and oothouMyt.df-in t a city or town. The Alabamfc bill n- t >?rv<ut \f <>?*# of i>ul estate in? > ciudmg the Hniu.:ste4d, aud *1,000 < rfottli vf pqraonal pw?iwrty. - . I s GUEKNVILLE, SOUTH C '" I ' '. "*] !'' iry i*i *_ a )ur Situation?A Gltfuca at Histoncal Parallels.* f The Richmond Whig publishes bo editorial with the above caption, wbich J ?o excellent in temper, and bo w?{| oiled to (ho present unfortunate conlltiun of our country, that we reproduce 1 below entire, and give it the promTtence we think it desetVqs.: " White we cannot, if we would, close >ur. eyes to the gloomy aspect of politcat affairs, we should oofSurrender outelves to despair. We should, like er.pible then, inquire what we can do to . otter our condition, and ,do it'candid y, manful)v,.and openly. We all know hat we cannot tight, and It is needle**, herefore, to talk about Bghting. We :an grumble and scold, but who want* uauly Virginians to degenerate into rriiiiiblers and scolds? ^VVe Can fold' ?ur arms, stand still, and b.e sweptv to lestrncliou by tho torrent We seek pas ively to resist. We cau surrender ourelves to despair,-and doggedly invite ate to do its worst. These are not rem idles for our situation. A few hours viir develop the crisis with more pain-, ui distinctness, and then we will havt o doteiitliuo, abd quickly, upou our line ?f action. V -V1'. , . . 44 Wo avail ourselves of. ;hi* pause to idrfi.csa some remarks to our readers ipon tlio analogies supplied, by history o^pur tdluaiion, and lp draw 'from theui idtne useful les?oiiB. Those who have iyfd (or successive generations under a jeculiar form of government,controlled >y theiuselv'oe, regard the idea of revoution with dismay and "horror. They mngine thai life will bo unendurable inder any other government. We are ust in that situation. We have but jaw "emerged from n war in which we were discomfit ted, and while the Condilution alill exists in name, we sec be ore us-as in a panorama, all"the stages jf rapid revolution. We Hee States (truck frotu their spheres, and their very names blotted out. Instead of States, ;hey have Ik-couw districts?military iistricts. We, soe civil law dethroned ind martial law substituted ic its place. We see a while man's government ihauged into, a negro government.1 In roe.worth we see the government of our aihurs passing through a complete reVv jlutiou, and w ith the sole object of subefcling' the Southern people to North srn mle. We see these things', and we tre filled with" di??pay mid horror ? Many feel that life is uucuduiable untb-r >uch' civdumstantfe*, and that it would jc bolter to iio'dowu and die. Lei us jot forget that this is not the first revilntion that has occurrcd'in hislorv. \ I most every nation lias had. its revo- j utions, hi.0 accompanied by violetico tnd bloodshed. '1 hose nations slli viced . hen, and llie people became prosper His niid happy. -We have this advantage, lh?t wo Itavo already passed ihroi.gl. tlio most fcaiful stage?tl.at of rioleuco and blouds'ed, in this inilnnc??, the revolution is culminating, peacefully, if^ painfully,-after tlie w?r. If Wo survived the war, why can we not survive the change of-govotntuont ? Koine \vas alternately, a coin moil wealth and an einjme. -Every change if- government, was accompanied l?y sivii convulsion, slaughter and Confismtions '1'Uqs? were Pagan days, when inm iitw) ovili.'H Ol.ii-iio.? ---< vas unknow'n, jind alien unenlightened eas^u a till uncuibed passion governed nen. In those days'it was esteemed ronoiable in the |mtriot ?Lo tailed to lirow liiinstdt upon his sword and die. (V few notable examples of this kind lave defended to us in history. Hut honorable as it was esteemed, low thus Jirew away theii lives. They preferred tnhking their peace Willi their enefhies, nut !i>ing as quietly and contentedly ss they could under the now government. In a few years the bulk of the people became accustomed to it and prospered. - .. I . *' Jfranse has boon scourged1 by revolaions, in which "bloqd ran, like water, tnd terror paUied the.nation. Old guy jtnmeuts Were blotted out and new ;ro\ eminent* formed. Violence} blood died, cpiitiscatiou and banishment, were ,he accompaniments of every such revdution.. Yet in a few years France bejatr.c quiet, and the people prosperoustrd contented;- But little more than i'half century has elapsed since the revolution which ended in the elevation >! ?lie. Uorsican prodigy to imperial jmwer was followed by his overt brow ?t Waterloo, by .the occupation of his apiinl by' the allies, and by the utter Xnaudloii ami impoverishment. of the French people; but ni?twhhstaAding die occuei rtnco of two revolutions since hat period, they are reckoned among' I he'buppioat nuil most prosperous peojde o? caith. '<# ^XoqIc st England, ifjoo would learn what ii nation caii |>m through and ivo. The Norman conquer, which oc ;01,red about eight hundred years ago.' hieftjened univeiml exliucimi). A juofl complete MjbjdgatWt w^s never* biown. Domesday bowk affords lira hum complete evidence of the extent to which tlie Noiniaiia pu^eseed tilery, telvee of the landed property of tbe~L ffUfriyt-< 'fhis ybook embodies .the re* ' tulut of 4 general surrey ?T tbo klrgA* 'y uiuuie. who u mat mo cnronicier tells o us " there was not one single, hide of f* land, ho, not .even a yard of huiil, which C was not set down." lie ?d<fc:- Not ?v even an ox or a cow, Or a.swine, jthtU pi was on the land was left out of the re* K cord." Yet the native population eur- b< vived this unexampled subjugation, i# prospered, And became id tirue incoi- a porated with their conqueroJfc;- They si made the best of their 'deplorable situ- fi ation. and-turned everything ihev could a to their advantage instead of surren hi Jering themselves to despair: That was ft a revolution wrought by foreigd dom O' ination. & v " England has since undergone internal revolutious, accompanied by bloody, ^ cruel, and long continued wars. The r' revolution that culminated in tlie exe- ni cution of the first Charles and the elu- a vation of Cromwell to kiugly power ri under tlie modest liilo of Lord Protector, was one that established an unspar* ^ ipg tyranny over one half of the nation, ^ ronderiug their lives insecure and plac- V ing their liberty and property in peiil. 1 Cromwell died, and the common wealth al canto loan end. The restoration, of the 1' Stuarts involved anollur revolution, by h( which the enemies of Charles the Sec* ond And his house were punished aud a humbled- : al " In all lliese revoluHons the full rnea- * sure of disaster, degradation, confi*ca* ^ tion and punishment, was fueled out to the weaker party. They, no doubt, felt as-we feel, humiliated and despondent. 1 tin when they found that resistance ^ was unavailing, ami opposition only ex asperated the prevailing party, iynd in- b creased their own burdens, they learned to reconcile tbeins^lv en to their situation. llll'V- r.dliretleil M tint I line liuil tin I/Ml/. or il?e |K?wer lo den)', and conformed lo 11 the authority tiny c?>nld uot bticccss- ^ fully jstrive against. Their wives and * children could not, wiilroot criminality, la; .sacrificed to punctilios, and lids erim- c ii.ality they were uot willing to incur. ? The bulk, in all these instances, survived 8< the changes- of government, and their ,* posterity are", at this day, as much arid 1 a* prosperous a portion- Of these soyeral . nations a* if no such revolutions tad " occurred. f Let us profit by these lessqna from ^ histo. v and philosophy, uutl -not sur* j tender qui selves lo despair, and-blindly j n attd -foolishly deprive our posterity of blessings ro which they have a claim, by out Quixotic refu-al toi make sacri fives of pride. We w ill not be the first or the IhsI in history to ]Mit in the plea of all who act under duress or necessity R ?' Ourpovertv,uot our will, couscuts.'" ^ Tiik Miskk and his Hao.?The Lon j, don I.ancet says: A"good illustration c occurred a few days since of the strength p of " the ruling passiou*1 even in death. l( An old man in his last illness w as admit v tedintdoneof the metropolitan hospitals. j( ila was without relatives, ftiends, or ap- )( parent means of subsistence ; but when V undressed and put into bed, a bag of (] mntlfet' fVllllt/1 Kf u utrin.r rAiin.l ? J H s neck. To this lie clung with tenacity, . refusing to part with it to any one. and ! ( weaiing it about hiin by day and night. As bis end Approached it became a mat-- , ter of anxiety to tliose tending him ; for ft the stun was evidently huge, and it was t feared that it might offer temptations t<? , gome patient in case the piomcot of his* ; death should be unobserved. At lerigiji f ihe hour arrived, and when death had i apparently claimed him, a nurso gently. c unfastened tlie string and removed the 4 ling. A t the same moment the. old man c opened his eves and felt iustiucirveiy 8 for hi? treasure, which was no longer in itspjace. lie uttered the word" (ione !" ' and died. The money, which was!, found to amount to ?174, was handed 1 over to the authorities. ? s??s - . a A correspondent of the Philadelphia ; Inquirer has been visiting Ji ff. Dai is. ji He fopnd liirn enjoying the most ex- ( pensive luxuries, and growing richer by fi doing nothing than he could do by any h amount of labor. Formerly his letters' were examined, and when Gen. Miles (l Was relieved from the command of the jy fort, over twenty-flve thousand dollars n had "been received in contributions.? d These evidence* were not, at the time p. of their receipt, handed over to Mr( |j DiirK but a,ei without dotrl>t, held a.^ (j his property, Hut however (hi* is, for ^ along lime past he ha* recti red- nil j, letter* end package* without exainijias lion, and a* ibeir number and bulk hare not diminished, it is probable that Uo l? at iV>* mpm^ni enjoying as good an f] income as the President of the "United ? Siatei.' OfttOiiristm^s (fay; there in. c lived an amount *>f "prescfitrf- which 'f, nearly Gydjcn down the .re$odrr?s <>f two ^ eRpveaVcdiiquiuie*. It is a cuiiouv fact ^ j, (lift mnnv of these pr*aeut> grime from Boston. Mr Davis, being only bound l?y, parolefis quartered in* a yurd^f the J; foil, ubriwn-'.y insecure that ho cot. hi at tl any till re -escape. - W-y \\ ^ i a KV"> V ' '* 1 . Ifr?H?? ??mpi> w .1 !!' m !'? I - , . , )1?TJ TaJ^Tl : -.... .-- . ' - AROUNA. MARCH 21, 18G' -A?JA.1RA., -^-'-1 '---1-V dom. and to nhow ibb impatient land] gfe?<} of the 'conqueror amKhirfoHow^ era?ibwBaryeyi" which wi?orderii<i by ?i t\Villi'!*tu wbilekeepjog Chmtmas with ti hit Court At C.louc?i?(3? , wm Qoudplvtcd C bv E?s>tar of the following year. So at ? - - " . | B j TB j tB A VHr A^fcr A^^kpf Jfl >T ft?^5|M E'VENTe S r. ' ;,V'^,;-y, ,.The Lesson T$uf?ht by GeorgiaIf South Carolina had taken the ad ice of Joliu C. Calhoun and built a cod Dental railroad westward to Koyx\ilU\ harieston would have become*the great faport of (he Atlantic fur the Southern tates.' What South Carolina .lost by dliug to take the advioe of the old tuan alhoun, Georgia gained by taitibg the tlvice of the young tnan Alex. H. Stehens. Georgia becntno the empire lam of the South, and South Caiulma ccaine the cauldron of politicians. " ft a notable fact that when a proacher, lawyer 01 a doctor fails iu bts profesou, ho turns politician aud keeps bis Kud? in a stew till ho dies. 'So wh6o State diops internals improvements od turns'old fogy, we may expect to nd a political conservatism which holds u to old things without learning hew. o it \?is .with South Carolina. Neglecting the ad vice of Calhoun, she uug ou to a dead, theory "instead of caching forwaid to a live fact. She gued that iuternal improvements by State would, under auy circumstances, liu the people, and persistently shut it eyes to the fact that Boston, with or Western railroad to Albany ; Now oik, with her Central railroad and caal; Baltimore, with her Ohio road; 'enusy Lvania, with her Pittsburg road, ud Gcoigia, with her Slate road, all rove thut State aid to railtouds, under 'iiie circumstances, would not only ruin 10 people, but build up uiotr jpolises ud empires. Aud so South Carolina, n.I bbrluin. ILI.m'i,, i_IS-../I Lile Georgia dug dirt. The result has e?n, what I Atlaula, which was h wood alion whou Montgomery was a town, i now a city, whilst Moulgouiery js still town. I3y a recent census, Atlanta i found to have a population of 20,2*23, eing about 4,000 more than Mout* ontery. llow do we account for the growth of tllatila and the other towns upon the tale Koad, which c?n boast of no naaral advantages? The solution of tbe nigtna stares us in the face; boston, few York, baltinrore, and every large Vestefn city has solved it. It is the umplction, hv State assistance, of a real continentalrailroad,connecting the iaport of the Slate with tho great liv? ig-labdting, throbbing heat I of the forth west: Let the Legislature of Alabama see to ; ?that,what Calhoun saw in his old go, and whiu Stephens saw in his onth?that wealth, enterprise, State lability and Stale independence inust taw their' sinews flout the gieal Westnay be made the purpose of-Alabama. [Montgomery jtiuti. A Little Better Cultivation' Colm#u'? Rural World of the 15th ives the farmers some gXul advice.? 'wr farming i? a curse to any country, 'olinan says : '. J . ? Let the farmer determine now that e a ill put liia crops in better oider the oining spiing than lie has ever done efore. Let him prepare his land beter by plowing-a Utile deeper?and he lould alao be well paid by cross plow ng it. The greater the amount of melmv, thoroughly disiiilegruted soil pre iared for the roola of the plant, the uore food there will be for the plant itelf, and Consequently, (lie thriftier'the ilant will grow ai d (he giealer will be he yield. This applies to all crops. Generally speaking, land is very ill ?repared for seed 1 It is broken but a ew inches deep, and left in a lumpy con lilion. 13ul little food for the plant b nade available. This is one of the greal iefects in farming, with many. Every aimer should endeavor to remedy thai h-fect the coming season, lie should ibtain the best patterns of plows ; he I .11 1 I. ~t .1 -'i ik on lei iihvc eiiuii^ii ui int^o so mat n no bfeaks he will not be compelled to top his team. N x A poor plow lliat will run but a few richer deep, is a curse to any farmer,. II t were given to him,.it would be a very lenr implement. Invest money in good (lows?the very best. It is belter than n investment in bank slock ; in lai d hat you cannot or do not cultivate : or n any other in vest men t you can make, rood plows are as necessary "to good fuming as a knowledge of tbe alphabet t to good education. Good barrows are just as despensnble i? guuu jurmmg tt? wru guvu jiiuwb,? lany excellent patterns of barrows are ow made. So that you have plenty of trong, long teeth to loosen and pulveL fie the soil, you can gel along. A mere ight scratching of plowed land will not o. '1 lie harrow must stir deeply and lioroughly. It must prepare a soft mel >w bud for the iced, in which it will ernrinate and start foith vigorously. To plow well, and to harrow well tier? must he a strong tsaru. l'oor, ghl horses, will libl do.. Large,.strong rams,'are required to do the.wpik cfliienily, And it is wise economy for ~aW trloera to fdiieff such teams. They can o more work io ft given, lime; draw eavier loads, nod thus econopriz? lime. 'lire next important step is, to have o?x^ seed. W u are tod carllesa or neg^ gent hare. We think that alilroht any (vittg .will wiswur lor seed^?*he?, iu re thy, wv should be as particular a* iu *0: ' ? m lecting animals to brood from. TsClf l?w? w liicb goveru production iu thoV vegetable world ore similar to those wi.iclt govern production in the animal World. To obtain the beat ttoek, wo I breed from the beat animals. So, also, S lo obtain the best crops, tbev must bo B produced from tbo boat seed. In proper- fl iog seed for the grouud, all foul teed fl . must be rigidly excluded ; also, all light, immature, diseased seed, must, by soma process, be got rid of. . Then shall we have harvest which will delight the eye, as well as fill the purse. This is the time to prepare for such harvest. Let the motto of every farmer be?" A little better cultivation. From ttis Yorkviilo Enquire?. Guano a* a fertiliser. Our farmers complain a good deal o the poor soil and woru out condition of $ their land ; yet few of them have ever made any energetic and continued ef? forts to improve them. The experience of others, however, both in this and other countries, proves that old and waste lauds can, by the use of proper means, be restored to their formor vigor, and thus become .profitable to their owners. In illustration of this faot, we publish the followiug extract of a letter from Mr. K. . Nut fleet, of Edgecombe County, N. C., addressed to John U. London, of Koek llill. Mr. Noifleet is widely known aa one of the most entorprising and successful farmers of the old North State, and bis experience in the use of fertilisers may be profitably studied by our people. The " Soluble Pacific Guauo," which he recommends, may be obtained from Johu U. Loudon, at Rock llill, or J.N. liobson, Charleston : <* The application of all concentrated manures is a matter of greater importance, than most people attach to it.?> They should be distributed as evenly aa possible, or each acre should have its requisite amount, and every furrow its equal shaie, and uniform, or the most beneficial results cannot be obtained.? The greater portion of our farmers use about 200 pounds per acre, applied iu the funow or drill, for cotton. If the fur rows are 3^ fret apart, which is the usual distance given here, there will be in this case, CO rows to the acre, consequently, each row seventy yards long should have 3J pounds of Guano. Raw hands should have the quantity weighed out to theiu at first, and if they have any tact at all, they will soon acquire the habit of disliibuting it as equally as all practicable purposes will require. As to its comparative value with oilier manures, it certainly from one yoar's use only, ranks very high, giving reeulta fully equal in all cases to Peruvian, and, in rnsny, far superior. Some of them 1 - should not believe, if I bad not the ao ( lunl knowledge of the facts. In one Pacific made an increase of 133, while Peruvian made but 62 per cent, the latter jf costing 01 per cent more than the form- p. , or. 1 have used more Guano, probably, ? for the number of .acres worked tbau any other man in the South. In con> versing with farmers in regard to its use, I make it a point to impress on tbe beginner that one thing must be observed, and never neglect it, if he wishes to get r' its full benef.t. lie must keep a clean ciop until its laid by, and particularly so i in the Spring. It gives an impetus to , grass that is wonderful to tbe cloee observer, and frequently, half of lie value " is exhausted by the early grass, and, , ihetefj>re, too little of its elements are left to manure th* r.rr?n of rnttnwi? . il is. in that way the Guano is often t charged with a failure, that in truth, should be plnced elsewhere. Other fertiliser* are used here with success,"but I conceiye they will lose caste. It requires much integrity of purpose Co keep up f the manufactured fertilizers to the prop* i or standard. In this one thing, Mr. Reese stands pre-eminent. 1 hare known and dealt with him 'for mpnj years, and have always found him a straight forward and honorable gentle* man. 'x'ta For corn, I would advise 300 pounds or ever more, and alfcaje used broad east, as evenly as possible. I am satisfied that two acres of land manured with 250 pounds of ground raw bones, will make mora or at least as much corn as 3 acres with the same quantity ; but this thing i> somehow or other always resisted, or nearly so by tb? farmer. lie must hnt'tt tliA CTMijilMl niimK?. *r - , bin to' operate uptyi. At this tin)* it behooves the furmer to make as much us possible on as few acres, which will enable.him to put a laige number iu cotton," Tiik Oreat Freshet?The Highest Water Ever Kxown is the Tkx?msxe Ritmr.?The accounts w!,ich react) us front East Tennessee are still meagre, but all concur in the faot (Mi the high water which began last Tuesday hes continued to rise to the present time, surpassesanything ever before known. There must have been a considerable body of auow in the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia, which, being melted by excessive and long continued rains, has produced a volume of water altogether unr.Vacedentcd. Chattanooga liaa been cut .tgf |or several days from all columnaicati<>a by tail or telegraph ?Charletton Comryp SEcartART Seward has ls;<eir jniM,rad j,j, life fo; $100,000. Ntttuiei^meiuh-yf don# ^ thai long ago. . > . -*